NAV CANADA will raise customer service charges on 1 September to help recover pandemic-era financial losses and rebuild its Rate Stabilization Account. The revised pricing combines a higher base rate with a lower temporary rate, resulting in an average net increase of 1.92% for users of Canada’s air navigation services.
The change follows a proposal process and comes as the provider continues to work through the financial impact of COVID-19. NAV CANADA is also aiming to reduce debt, restore the Rate Stabilization Account and keep funding for safety, training, cost control and modernisation programmes.
For airlines and other operators, the new charges will feed into cost planning for the coming fiscal year and may affect wider pricing and recovery calculations across the Canadian aviation sector. The structure is not a simple across-the-board uplift: an average base-rate increase of 2.04% is partly offset by an average temporary-rate decrease of 2.25%.
The move also points to a gradual return to more stable service-charge levels after the disruption of the pandemic period, as NAV CANADA works towards stronger long-term financial resilience and continued investment in service delivery.